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单词 G-suit
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Definition of G-suit in English:

G-suit

noun ˈdʒiːsuːtˈdʒiˌsut
  • A garment with pressurized pouches that are inflatable with air or fluid, worn by fighter pilots and astronauts to enable them to withstand high gravitational forces.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He marches to the aircraft, salutes smartly to his crew chief, gets into his G-suit, climbs into the cockpit, shakes hands with his crew chief and gets ready to launch.
    • Climbing into the jet became almost impossible because the dry suit was even tighter with the added resistance of the G-suit and harness.
    • The G-suit used by the Air Force of today has encased bladders that automatically inflate to increase body constriction after two Gs.
    • Giraffe legs also have a thick sheath of skin, like an astronaut's G-suit, to prevent the high blood pressure from forcing blood to leak through capillaries.
    • The flight doc was astonished that neither one of us had passed out (we hadn't been wearing G-suits).

Origin

1940s: from g (symbol of gravity) + suit.

 
 

Definition of G-suit in US English:

G-suit

(also anti-G suit)
nounˈdʒiˌsutˈjēˌso͞ot
  • A garment with pressurized pouches that are inflatable with air or fluid, worn by fighter pilots and astronauts to enable them to withstand high forces of acceleration.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He marches to the aircraft, salutes smartly to his crew chief, gets into his G-suit, climbs into the cockpit, shakes hands with his crew chief and gets ready to launch.
    • The flight doc was astonished that neither one of us had passed out (we hadn't been wearing G-suits).
    • The G-suit used by the Air Force of today has encased bladders that automatically inflate to increase body constriction after two Gs.
    • Climbing into the jet became almost impossible because the dry suit was even tighter with the added resistance of the G-suit and harness.
    • Giraffe legs also have a thick sheath of skin, like an astronaut's G-suit, to prevent the high blood pressure from forcing blood to leak through capillaries.

Origin

1940s: from g (symbol of gravity) + suit.

 
 
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